INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT
PRIMARY SECTION
Subject : Science Worksheet No: 14
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Topic
: Insects
Std III
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Resource Person
: Mrs. Nandita C
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Teacher’s Signature :
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1. How do insects breathe?
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2. Colour the boxes which will help you identify the characteristics of all kinds of insects. Also identify
the given diagram. Answer the given questions.
A pair of feelers
A beak
Six legs
Spiracles
a. Identify the insect: _____________________________
A pair of wings
b. It helps flowers to form _________________________
Flight feathers
3. Dung beetles are useful insects. Justify the statement.
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4. Complete the story of an insect.
I am a hardworking insect. I have two tiny hair-like parts on my head. They are the ______________.
I do not have two pairs of _____________ unlike many insects. I have ___________ legs. Although I feed
on the sweet nectar of flowers like my beautiful insect friend the __________________, I am an
_____________________. I lay _____________.
Who am I? _______________________________.
5. This is a Pandora’s Box. Identify the harmful insects and write their names.
6. You will be surprised to know that the number of insect species is believed to be between six and ten
million. Work on your knowledge and with the help of the clues provided, complete the quiz box.
Clues
Spiders
Quiz questions.
1. Live in well organized social colonies.
2. A person who studies about insects.
3. They are found on every continent except Antartica.
4. They are not insects.
Mosquitoes
5. They lay their eggs in water.
6. They can lift and carry more than fifty times their weight.
Termites
Bees
Ants
Entomologist
7. Draw and colour the most beautiful insect. Also label its parts.
Name of the insect.